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Building an MVP in Hungary or as an international founder in Budapest: prices, English or Hungarian, Ekertv. website rules, reverse charge VAT and EU hosting.

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MVP Development in Hungary, for Local and International Founders

20 October 2026 11 min read

Pages from the Nonstop Nanny babysitter booking site, a Budapest MVP built by Easify, including its Request a Nanny button

If you are founding in Hungary, whether you are Hungarian or an international founder based in Budapest, Easify is a local option: the people you talk to are in Budapest, and we work in English or Hungarian. A typical MVP with us costs €4,000 to €25,000 and takes four to twelve weeks, fixed after a written scope. Engineering is done by our team in India, which is why the rate is €25 to €45 an hour, and our invoices come from Easify's registered entity in India, in euros.

This page covers what is specific to building in Hungary: what we could and could not find on local prices, what the first release should prove, language, the website information rules in Hungarian law, VAT on an invoice from outside the EU, the contract points to settle, and where to look for funding. The published Hungarian data is thinner than for Germany or the UK, and we would rather say so than fill the gap.

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At a glance

Question

Answer

Easify

Based in Budapest. €4,000 to €25,000, 4 to 12 weeks, €25 to €45 an hour, €1,000 minimum

First step

MVP Scoping Sprint: €900, about two weeks, credited in full against the build if you build with us

Language

English or Hungarian

Local price data

No reliable published survey of Hungarian MVP prices found. Regional estimate: simple MVP around $10,000 to $20,000 (Vamasters, not Hungary-specific)

Invoices

In euros, issued by Easify's registered entity in India

VAT

Supplier not established in Hungary: you usually pay the áfa yourself under the reverse charge

Website rules

Ekertv. § 4: identity, contact, register, VAT number, and the hosting provider's details

Funding

No open grant call for an MVP build; equity through Hiventures and DIMOP Plusz. See our Hungarian funding guide

Hosting

Hosted in the EU

MVP built in Budapest

Nonstop Nanny, a babysitter booking platform

Prices: what is known

We looked for published Hungarian agency MVP prices and found no survey or market study we would quote. What exists:

The honest way to compare Budapest teams is to give each the same written scope and compare what comes back line by line: design, testing, deployment, who owns the code, whether hosting is extra, and what is left out.

What the first release has to prove

Your next milestone

What version one has to show

What can wait

First paying customers

Sign-up, the core feature, a working payment

Admin panels, settings, reporting

A pilot with a Hungarian company

The core workflow on their real data, in the language their team uses

Self-service onboarding, billing

An equity round: angels, DIMOP Plusz, or Hiventures if you are not software-only

Real usage from a small group, and what it taught you

Polish, scale, secondary features

An international launch from Budapest

That users outside Hungary understand and use it, in English

A second language

A proof of concept tests whether something can be built. A prototype tests whether people understand it, usually without real data or payments. An MVP is working software people can sign up to and pay for, so it tests whether they want it.

Language: English or Hungarian

For international founders in Budapest. You can run the whole project in English: calls, written scope, tickets, documentation. If your product serves Hungarian users, the Hungarian interface copy and legal texts still have to be right; decide early who writes them and who checks them.

For Hungarian founders. You can run the project in Hungarian. The written scope and the code documentation can be in English if you expect to raise money or hire developers internationally later; tell us which you prefer.

Either way, building the product so a second language can be added later costs little at the start and a lot afterwards.

What a Hungarian website or app must show

Section 4 of Act CVIII of 2001 on electronic commerce (Ekertv.) requires a service provider to publish, electronically, directly, continuously and in an easily accessible way, at least:

  1. Its name, and its registered seat or place of business.
  2. Contact details, in particular a regularly used email address.
  3. The court or authority that registered it and the registration number, if registration is required.
  4. The licensing authority and permit number, if the activity needs a permit.
  5. Its VAT number, if it is a VAT payer.
  6. For regulated professions: the chamber, the qualification and where it was obtained, and the professional rules.
  7. The seat and contact details of the hosting provider, unless obvious from the service.

The last item is the one founders forget, and it ties directly to hosting: once the MVP's hosting provider and EU region are decided in the scope, the legal page can name them. We build the page and the links to it; the content is yours, and a lawyer should check it if you are unsure. Add a GDPR privacy notice that names every service the MVP sends personal data to.

VAT, invoices and forints

Who invoices you. Our invoices are in euros and are issued by Easify's registered entity in India, not by a Hungarian company. For VAT that makes us a supplier established outside the EU, even though the people you talk to are in Budapest.

The reverse charge (fordított adózás). The EU's Your Europe guidance on buying services from outside the EU says a business receiving services from a supplier based outside the EU should usually pay VAT at its own country's rate, as if it had supplied the service itself, and can usually deduct it later. NAV's information booklet no. 29, published on 26 January 2026, explains the Hungarian rules: when the customer is a taxable person, the place of supply of a service is generally where the customer is established, and the customer pays the tax when the place of supply is Hungary but the supplier is not established in Hungary (section 12 of the booklet, citing Áfa tv. 140. §). The booklet notes the rule covers suppliers in third countries as well as other member states.

What that means in practice:

  1. The invoice arrives without Hungarian áfa. That is the intended treatment.
  2. You declare the áfa in your return as tax payable.
  3. You normally deduct it in the same return. On a €10,000 invoice you would declare €2,700 at Hungary's 27% standard rate, converted to forints under the usual rules, and, if you are entitled to deduct, deduct the same amount. Net cost: zero.
  4. Alanyi adómentes or exempt turnover: check first. If your company uses the subjective tax exemption or makes exempt supplies, ask your könyvelő whether you can deduct the reverse-charged áfa, because if you cannot, it is a real cost.
  5. No Hungarian áfa on our invoice. We invoice from India without Hungarian VAT, and we have no Hungarian establishment that takes part in the service, so a Hungarian business customer accounts for the áfa under the reverse charge. Your könyvelő should still record it correctly; show them the contract if they want to check.
  6. Buying before the company exists is different. The rule is written for taxable customers. If you would sign as a private person, ask your adviser first, and tell us who the contracting party will be.

Diagram of the reverse charge (fordított adózás) on a €10,000 invoice from a supplier outside the EU: the invoice carries no áfa, you declare €2,700 at Hungary's 27% standard rate and deduct the same amount in the same return, so the net cost is zero. If you use the alanyi adómentes exemption or make exempt supplies, the áfa may be a real cost.

Euros, not forints. If your company keeps its books in forints, the forint cost moves with the exchange rate between the proposal and each payment. Staged payments spread that; the euro figure in a fixed-price proposal does not move.

This is orientation, not tax advice. The Your Europe page warns that there are several important exceptions to the general rules.

Contract points to settle before the build

Point

Why it matters

With us

Scope and exclusions

Most disputes are about what was "obviously" included

Written in the Scoping Sprint, including what is left out

Price and changes

A fixed price is only fixed for a fixed scope

Fixed after the written scope; a new idea is a visible change to it

Ownership and accounts

You need to keep, change and sell the product

Code, accounts, design files and documentation yours on final payment

Running costs

Hosting and third-party services bill monthly after launch

Not in the build price; the scope states what it costs to run

Personal data

A supplier processing personal data for you needs a contract under Article 28 GDPR

Raised in scoping, with who needs production access

Language of the contract and scope

Decides who can read it later, including investors

English or Hungarian, your choice

Contracting party

Decides the áfa treatment

Easify's registered entity in India, invoicing in euros

Funding: the short version

Hiventures is a Hungarian venture capital investor whose stated mission is long-term, hands-on support for Hungarian startups and innovative businesses, from prototyping to market validation. Its new fund is mainly generalist but focuses on AI, deep tech, medtech and greentech.

When we checked the official pages in October 2026, no Hungarian grant call that pays a startup to build an MVP was open. The open public money is equity:

Our guide to startup funding in Hungary for an MVP covers the investors and programmes in detail. Whatever you apply for, the written scope and fixed price from a Scoping Sprint are the kind of project description an application usually needs. We do not write applications.

Working with us in Budapest

The Nonstop Nanny home screen on a phone:

How to start

Step

Time

What you get

Cost

Send a few lines, in English or Hungarian

Reply within one business day

A first answer and a payment link for the Sprint

Free

MVP Scoping Sprint

About two weeks

The one question, the smallest feature set, what is left out, the main flows, the technical and hosting plan, a fixed price and timeline

€900, credited in full against the build if you build with us

Build in stages you can see

4 to 12 weeks

The Ekertv. information page and privacy notice in the first release

Typically €4,000 to €25,000

Launch and hand over

At the end

Code, accounts and documentation

Yours on final payment

The scope is yours to keep whoever builds it. Already have something built with Lovable, Bolt, v0 or Replit? The €99 Prototype Check sends you the top security and data risks in writing within 48 hours of payment and access, and the €99 is credited against the build.

What to put in your first message: the question the MVP must answer, who the first users are, what already exists, the integrations you cannot do without, whether the interface needs Hungarian, English or both, your deadline and what drives it, and which company will sign.

Common mistakes in Hungarian MVP projects

When we are not the right choice

From Budapest, for teams in Hungary

Building in Budapest and need an MVP team you can talk to in English or Hungarian?

We are based in Budapest and build MVPs for founders across Europe, typically €4,000 to €25,000 over four to twelve weeks, fixed after a written scope. Send us what you want to test, who it is for and your deadline, or ask for the €900 MVP Scoping Sprint, credited in full against the build if you build with us, and we reply within one business day.

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Frequently asked

How much does MVP development cost in Hungary?

We found no reliable published survey of Hungarian agency MVP prices. A regional estimate for Eastern Europe puts a simple MVP at around $10,000 to $20,000, though it does not cover Hungary specifically. Easify, based in Budapest, typically builds MVPs for €4,000 to €25,000 over 4 to 12 weeks, at €25 to €45 an hour.

How long does it take to build an MVP?

With us, typically four to twelve weeks of build after a written scope, and the MVP Scoping Sprint before it takes about two weeks. What you put in version one decides where in that range you land, which is why the scope comes first.

Can I work with you in English if I do not speak Hungarian?

Yes. We work in English or Hungarian, so an international founder in Budapest can run the whole project in English, and a Hungarian founder can run it in Hungarian.

What does a Hungarian website or app have to show legally?

Section 4 of Act CVIII of 2001 (Ekertv.) requires the provider's name, seat, contact details including a regularly used email address, register and registration number, VAT number if any, and the seat and contact details of the hosting provider. Licensed activities and regulated professions have further items.

Do I pay Hungarian VAT on your invoice?

Our invoices are in euros and are issued by Easify's registered entity in India, not by a Hungarian company. Under the Hungarian VAT Act, as NAV explains it, a Hungarian business customer generally pays the VAT itself when the supplier is not established in Hungary, and deducts it under the normal rules. This is orientation, not tax advice; your könyvelő should see the contract.

Do you price in forints?

Our prices, quotes and invoices are in euros. A company that keeps its accounts in forints carries the exchange-rate movement between quote and payment.

Is our data hosted in Hungary?

We deploy client products to EU data-centre regions, so your MVP is hosted in the EU, not necessarily in Hungary. Our engineering team is in India, so if engineers need access to production personal data, that belongs in your privacy notice.

Is there public funding in Hungary for an MVP?

Not as a grant, when we checked in October 2026: no Hungarian call that pays a startup to build an MVP was open. The open public money is equity, through the Hiventures early-stage fund (up to €300,000, excluding software-only startups) and DIMOP Plusz-5.1.4-26 for ICT startups at TRL 7 and above with private co-investment. Our Hungarian funding guide covers both.

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